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“By and large, the mission of any ghost is to offer humility. They point out what's important by mocking what is not. (Joshua Malina, Sports Night)”

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Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin, born on June 9, 1961, is an American screenwriter known for his deep insights into political, legal, and business themes. His works include 'A Few Good Men', 'The West Wing', and 'House of Cards'. more

“We need mystery. Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unravel this. We honour it by letting it be that way forever.” The quote of a grandmother explaining The Great Mystery of the universe to her grandson.”

Wonder Learning Mystery Humility Awe Letting It Be

Book:Indian Horse

Source: Indian Horse

“Women’s bodies are so often under the purview of men, whether it’s our reproductive organs, our sexuality, our weight, our manner of dress. There is a freedom found in decomposition, a body rendered messy, chaotic, and wild. I relish this image when visualizing what will become of my future corpse.”

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Book:From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Source: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

“Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility.”

Humility Pride Gratitude Thankfulness

Author:Orrin Woodward

“Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.”

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Author:P. Remes

“There too he had been treated with revolting injustice. His struggles, his privations,his hard work to raise himself in the social scale, had filled him with such an exalted conviction of his merits that it was extremely difficult for the world to treat him with justice— the standard of that notion depending so much upon the patience of the individual. The Professor had genius, but lacked the great social virtue of resignation.”

Humility Indignation

Book:The Secret Agent

Source: The Secret Agent

“But the truth is that there is no more conscious inconsistency between the humility of a Christian and the rapacity of a Christian than there is between the humility of a lover and the rapacity of a lover. The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy. There never was a man in love who did not declare that, if he strained every nerve to breaking, he was going to have his desire. And there never was a man in love who did not declare also that he ought not to have it.”

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Book:Heretics

Source: Heretics

“Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee.”

Humility

Author:Alexander Pope

“Management" of anything as complicated as a woods requires more humility than comes easily to our species, at least in its American incarnation.”

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Book:Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks

Source: Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks

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